Cartridge-shell.



No, 895,558. Muir-:TED AUG. u, 1905. W. HAREN. GARTMDGE SEELL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2,1907.

TINTTED STATES TDTTTETTT RALPH WAYNE HARRISmF MoNToUR FALLS, NEW YORK,ASsrGLfoR or ONEHALF 'ro STEWART S. GATES, or ELrnR/i, NEW YoRR.

Application filed July 2, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH WAYNE HARRIS, a citizen ot the United States,residing at Montour Falls, in the county of Schuyler and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cartridge-Shells, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to. cartridge shells and while herein illustratedas of that character employed inconnection with magazine or otherrii'les, itis to be understood as having a range of utility as to adaptit for use in connection with shot guns or other small arms.

The object of the invention is to provide a cartridge shell which shallbe Wholly consumed by the discharge of the cartridge, whereby thenecessity of removing a s )ent shell from the magazine or breech of arifle or gun will be positively obviated, thereby saving time that wouldotherwise be lost and which in case of eiliergency would he valuable.Furthermore, to render the shell absolutely moisture proof and ofsutlicient stability to withstand usage to which it Will be subjected inbeing placed in a magazine or lbreech of a gun or the like.V Y

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the. invention is better understood, the same consists, generallystated, in a cartridge shell composed of a wholly combustible material.

The invention consists further of a cartridge shell composed of amaterial that will be consumed when the cartridge is fired.

The invention consists further in a cartridge shell composed a waterproof material that will be consumeg'l when the shell is .iii-ed.

The invention consists further in a cartridge .shell composed of agelatinous material.

The invention consists further in the various novel details ol"construction ol a cartridge. shell and cartridge, as will behereina-l'ter lully described and claimed.

vIn the accompanying drawings forming a part olE this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure 1 is a View in side. elevation of one form of cartridge. andshell embodied in the. present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal`vertical sectional View through the` cartridge and shell shown in Fig.l.

Specification of Letters Patent.'

Patented Aug. 11, 190s,

serial No. 381,880.

rifle or the breach thereof without liabiliizywff'- of destruction or ofbeing injured.

'.l he cartridge 2, which may be of any pref. ferred type, has embeddedin it one end of a rod 3, the other end of which extends to the...7 rimof the shell and carries the cap 4, thatportion of. the rod engaged bythe wap being'. provided with a head 5 to present an ell'icient andthoroughly ell'ective abutment that Will insure the explosion of the capwhen struck S115 by the plunger or iire pin. The 'assemblage'v betweenthe cartridge and the cap or carrying. 'rod may be et any preferredcharaoterM-that. is to say, it may be either rigid therewith or be soassembled so that when thei bulletor cartridge leaves the rifle, the rodwill .drop therefrom. yj The. shell herein described will be found toiossess advantages over the ordinary rnetal.` lie shell in that it islighter, so that a greater number ot' rounds may be carried by thesoldier, vand further as it is wholly consumed when the. shell is"fired, the necessity oi' removing the shell is obviated and theemployment of a cartridge extractor which is always liable to becomederanged iS obviated.

What I claim is: A cartridge comprising a shell and base integral instructure and composed of a highly combustible gelatinous material, aprojectile carried by the shell, and a firing cap carried bythe.projectile and held in proxf.` iniity to the base of Vthe shell.

ln testimony whereof, I allix my signature in jlresence of twowitnesses. f f RALPH WAYNE I'IARRIS@ lVitncsses: MARK I-l. SKINNER,LEWIS JouNsoN.

